Alexander Brown reflects on Wollongong Against War and Nukes’ campaign to oppose militarism and the plan to turn Port Kembla into a nuclear submarine base.

Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in Suweida, writes Joseph Daher.

Paul Le Blanc on finding a persuasive rhetoric and demands going in the socialist direction that make sense to people.

A new left party is on the cards, but it is unclear what is going on behind the scenes. Simon Hannah looks at the bigger issues a new party needs to address.

Sherry Wolf and Charlie Post look at the bad-faith conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism and the central role anti-Zionist Jews can play — and have played — in struggles against Israeli state violence.

Peter Mertens on why only the European working class can change Europe.

Gilbert Achcar on the origin of the recent bloody clashes in the Druze-majority Suwayda Governorate and the prospects of post-Assad Syria.

Statements by the Syrian Democratic Council, the Democratic Union Party and the Women’s Protection Units on violence in Suwayda.

Gilbert Achcar — Despite all the evidence to the contrary, too many commentators continue to portray Trump as eager for a peaceful settlement to the war in Gaza.

Revolutionary Left Current — The neo-colonial authority seeks to subjugate As-Suwayda, whose people demand democracy, equality and freedom for all Syrians.

Sonny Melencio — A socialist party will inevitably make compromises when dealing with reformist forces. The challenge is maintaining independent political struggle and freedom to criticise bourgeois and liberal allies.

Rasti Delizo explains the rise of new imperialist powers and faulty logic behind multipolarity, and argues for an anti-imperialism rooted in working-class solidarity.